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What’s right for some, or even most, can still be upsetting to others
At the outset here an admission – I didn’t see the All Ireland Ladies SFC Final in real time. But, from having watched extensive highlights and analysis, as much as I would have very little time for the individual as a referee, I would have to admit Maggie Farrelly got the big, huge call at…
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Selections for Roscommon – Aug. 4th 2026
5.25: TUMBLING IN (GARY NOONAN/ERIC MCNAMARA) 6.00: CLAY PIGEONS (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.30: MR DIBBS – EW – (EOIN STAPLES (5)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 7.00: HASHTAG PRETENDER (SEAN FLANAGAN/BARRY CONNELL) 7.30: ANOTHER CHALLENGE – EW – (PHILIP ENRIGHT/OLIVER MCKIERNAN) 8.00: KILKEE BAY (JOEY DUNNE (7)/ERIC MCNAMARA) 8.30: ROCKY ALFONSO – EW – (DAVID DOYLE (7)/SAM CURLING)
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Podcast Episode: Aug. 3rd 2026
Pip: Mayo end a seventy-five-year wait, Eddie Howe exits on his own terms, and Glen Hansard leaves a silence that no one quite knows how to fill — Brendan has been busy. Mara: This episode moves through two stretches of territory: sporting legacy and what happens when a good manager gets caught in someone else’s…
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Selections for Cork – Aug. 3rd 2026
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Selections for Naas – Aug. 3rd 2026
2.17: FOCACCIA (GAVIN RYAN/FOZZY STACK) 2.47: SPODO KOMODO – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/JOHNNY FEANE) 3.17: TAWAAZON – EW – (TERRY CASEY (7)/ANDREW KINSELLA) 3.47: DYNAMIC FORCE – EW – (SADHBH TORMEY (7)/TOM MCCOURT) 4.17: HAMIYAN (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 4.47: LIVENKA (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 5.20: NEVER THE SAME (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN)
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Good guy Howe deserved to step off stage before being pushed
Apart from my own GAA club here in Dunboyne (Ireland) who haven’t won the Meath Senior Hurling Championship in 112 years, it’s quite likely that one of the longest chasms anywhere between sporting successes came to an end when Mayo won the All Ireland SFC on Sunday last for the first time in 75 years.…
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Selections for Galway – Aug. 2nd 2026
1.50: TEED UP (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (2*) /EMMET MULLINS) 2,
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Selections for Galway – Aug. 1st 2026
2.02: COLUMBUS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.37: RED GLORY – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.12: BURNING ABILITY – EW – (GARY NOONAN/EOIN MCCARTHY) 3.52: FLEUR DINO (PADDY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.27: VICTORY SPEECH (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 5.00: SALIBA – EW – (SCOTT MCCULLAGH/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 5.35: SAN AER (BILLY LEE/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 6.05: DIAMOND EXCHANGE – EW…
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Paul’s proteges aiming to keep Reilly Cup at home
Meath U-16 Football manager Paul McManus has named a strong lineup ahead of Sunday evening’s Gerry Reilly Cup Final against Cavan in Millbrook, the home of host club Oldcastle GFC. The game throws in at 7pm with the Gerry Reilly Shield Final between Louth and Clare taking place at the same venue at Noon on…
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Selections for Galway – July 31st 2026
5.00: JOGA BONITO (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 5.30: VICAR STREET (HARRY COBDEN/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.00: BALLYBAWN BELTER – EW – (HARRY COBDEN/LIZ DOYLE) 6.35: FIXATION – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 7.10: RUN FOR MAHLER – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY/CHARLES BYRNES) 7.40: SWEET BABY ZOU – EW – (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 8.10: TATUM – EW – (PADDY…
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